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Would you like to try new professionals Intel tablets?

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intel tablet 500x352 Would you like to try new professionals Intel tablets?

Our fellow MuyComputerPRO

we report that, in collaboration with Intel, will offer administrators and ICT professionals the opportunity to try to scoop its new generation of professional tablets .

Any interested or interested in attending this event, which was held in Madrid (no date yet closed), just have to fill the form attached more down and have a bit of luck, as it is a presentation of limited capacity. Intel will be the same which is to contact the winners and forward them the details.

WPS Office, the office suite Ribbon interface. Would you like to try?

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Ubuntu Kylin, bet a Chinese national operating system, and in the same news we mentioned to WPS Office , an office suite that could also give China a lot to talk . We’ve tested. Do you want to try it you? Let it …

WPSO 1 500x358 WPS Office, the office suite Ribbon interface. Would you like to try?

The first is to thank a reader, Mariano Gaudix, information about WPS Office, it was he who last week warned us of its existence (in fact, below you can see a video shot by Mariano himself). Although we already knew to WPS, which has quite some Windows versions and later Android , where it is known as Kingsoft Office. Now develop the Linux version, which is in beta state (darling you could feed your pet!).

In short, WPS Office is an office suite that includes word processor , spreadsheet and presentations . It is focused on the Chinese market, with a great support language and different dialects of the region. That is by far his biggest handicap for the western user. Features include the Ribbon UI (although you can change), the style marked by Microsoft Office 2007, and they say, not what I have seen, great support Microsoft’s proprietary formats . In contrast, lacks support Open Document (ODF). As detailed, integrated with the Ubuntu global menu.

Test suite is available to anyone, for official website installers available in DEB and RPM of which at first can enforce users of Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Fedora and openSUSE plus a generic installer to others. Yes, the program has only version of 32-bit , so that users of 64-bit systems have to install the appropriate libraries. And proprietary software (which does not have to be a negative, but it must be said).

WPSO 2 500x359 WPS Office, the office suite Ribbon interface. Would you like to try?

The first is to go

downloading WPS Office. Secondly, if your system is 64-bit, install the packages, which are called Ubuntu and derivatives ia32-libs in openSUSE patterns -openSUSE-32bit , both will find them in the repositories. With Fedora declare myself lost as to explain it, but I explain Xenode Systems for me. Once installed all … everything is in Chinese . According to the instructions given on the web, you can only translate into English (and not entirely, advancement), as follows, using terminal :

This eliminates some files that do not know what they are and to open any of the three applications that make up the suite, English will be the language used (take the opportunity to note that I’ve tested the suite on Linux Mint 13 Xfce without problem by following the detailed instructions, but I can ensure that everything goes well on other systems, so Actuat under your responsibility). Incidentally, you should also install the fonts owners Microsoft , if you want to have full compatibility (and that do not leave a message every time the application ejecutéis).

At this point, I have taken a look over at Kingsoft Writer, Kingsoft Presentation and Kingsoft Spreadsheet and called respectively the applications of word processing, spreadsheet and presentations and the first thing that caught my attention is homepage of each, that are connected to the Internet and to show document templates . But as everything is in Chinese, so I left.

Otherwise, I’ve always been a user of such null office solutions, so hopefully more seasoned comments than mine on the capabilities of WPS Office, you can see the video below:

Finally, obvious question: what do you think?

The discussion is reopened: like rolling release Ubuntu?

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No, we passed one of the day’s news, the new proposal for make Ubuntu a rolling release distro with all of the law, nothing released unless by Rick Spencer, director of engineering at Canonical, according to which the change would benefit both users and developers.

Ubuntu 500x357 reopens Discussion: Ubuntu as a rolling release?

Broadly speaking, raising Spencer is continuing the LTS as usual, and leave semiannual releases for rolling release distribution and continuous update monthly releases Linux Arch-style, ie mostly updating packages in the installation images (not that Arch Linux do monthly).

This would also include a large monthly update -added that arise every day, for all users of Ubuntu LTS, which ServicePack Windows, as there are delicate items that can not be updated each day, as the kernel, video drivers, etc..

Thus

most enthusiastic users dispondrían always have the latest versions of software stable , while professional users or those who would search for maximum stability, would enjoy extended support releases. Developers, meanwhile, would get rid of the work of preparing the current releases every six months.

The truth is that the suggestion of Spencer has been well received in the Ubuntu mailing list, which has continued to simmer all day, and has even done a Hangout on Google+ (YouTube video) to openly discuss the idea. How could it be otherwise discordant voices claiming that not a matter of scale, but of “actual implementation” , with all that that entails (maintain quality and stability, mainly), have been quick to make themselves heard.

As you know, it’s not the first time he intends to jump into rolling release model from within Canonical , but if one thing is clear is that history going for long. Soon will be held next Ubuntu Developer Summit, which will focus on all of the new versions of Ubuntu for smartphones and tablets, so not expected to address this issue . But who knows.

What is your opinion? Would you like a rolling release Ubuntu in the terms proposed?

If you do not like Secure Boot, should not to like the Chromebooks

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Mig59 analysis on its website in which makes clear that although Microsoft has imposed the use of UEFI Secure Boot x86 market for PCs and laptops with Windows 8, the security mechanism is even little compared with the system implemented in Google Chromebooks .

chromebook 500x360 If you dislike Secure Boot, should not to like the Chromebooks

indicates in that post,

“series, the Chromebooks are even more blocked than Windows 8 machines. The Chromebook firmware kernel validates, and verifies the system kernel. Want to use a version of Chrome that you compiled yourself? You can not. Fortunately Google provides a way to override this. You can (depending on the machine) or give a physical switch or pressing a particular key combination in the firmware to disable this validation. Doing so destroys all your data [...] but after that you can boot any operating system you want. The disadvantage is that you lose the security you already had before. “

As with Secure Boot, to the extent that both Google and Microsoft have tax is aimed at making our systems more secure. Linus himself said that Secure Boot is in itself a good idea, and the fact is that there are various solutions fortunately our favorite distro to install on machines with UEFI Secure Boot. The same goes for Chromebooks, and it is a matter of compromise: security or want, or want comfort. It is very difficult to have it both ways .

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